Power bills for Folding

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godsgift2dagame

Discussion Starter · Nov 25, 2009

Hey guys,

I was wondering how much folding causes bills to go up by...if I were to fold 4 hours a day, 7x a week, should I expect my bills to be ridiculous considering my PC is already on 12+hrs a day...

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Dizzymagoo

· #2 · Nov 25, 2009

I run mine 24/7(look at my sig for the equipment im running) and my dad only complains that it goes up by $20-ish a month.

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Goobers

· #3 · Nov 25, 2009

if you already have your pc on 1/2 the day everyday I would think that it would be almost unnoticeable...

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franz

· #4 · Nov 25, 2009

I run 6 GPU clients 24/7 and my bill is an extra $70-$90 a month.

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dieanotherday

· #5 · Nov 25, 2009

were really trying to save money now lol

i used to do 24/7 on my 8800gt, the card got fried, bill when up by $50.

$.1/kw

i even thinking about using some crappy monitor instead of my 24"

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xdanisx

· #6 · Nov 25, 2009

Is a few bucks a month really that much of a concern when you are saving lives?

Anyways, I know you were prob just curious, it shouldn't go up too much. Maybe... 20-40 bucks a month.

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Jrice00

· #7 · Nov 25, 2009

If you were adventurous you could attempt to do the math. Find out what the electric company charges /kwh. Then figure out the draw from your PC (for ex. 500w) and then do your 12hrs 4days/week thing

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klear

· #8 · Nov 25, 2009

and maybe your gas bill is slightly lower

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low strife

· #9 · Nov 25, 2009

My sigrig, uses $40\\mo of power running 24\\7 @ 20% load, and my power is slightly above national average.

Folding probably won't be very expensive unless you electricity is horribly expensive.

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Moparman

· #10 · Nov 25, 2009

When i was folding 24/7 my bill went up 80 a month.

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Sickened1

· #11 · Nov 25, 2009

If you use the PC to heat a room it can actually help pay for the folding.

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jackeyjoe

· #12 · Nov 25, 2009

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Originally Posted by klear

and maybe your gas bill is slightly lower

I love using my GPU as a heater

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MadCatMk2

· #13 · Nov 25, 2009

24/7 must had been another 80ish euros for me.
In other news, my room gets warm in 10 minutes now and I warm up burgers on my VGAs.

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jck

· #14 · Nov 25, 2009

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Originally Posted by MadCatMk2

24/7 must had been another 80ish euros for me.
In other news, my room gets warm in 10 minutes now and I warm up burgers on my VGAs.

I wonder if I can put a small platter (and a screen) behind the exhaust fan on my case.

Good way not to have to heat the stove or oven.

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MAD_J

· #15 · Nov 25, 2009

Well my sig rig uses roughly 0.95 KW at full load and runs [email protected] 24/7 it costs about 6 cents a KW/H.

*maths*

0.95KW*$0.06
=$0.057 cost an hour for my rig
one month = 730 hours

730*$0.057=
$41.61 a month
$499.32 a year

Not that bad, I consider it a donation to charity.

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Newbie2009

· #16 · Nov 27, 2009

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Originally Posted by jackeyjoe

I love using my GPU as a heater

lol +1

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i7bigrig

· #17 · Nov 27, 2009

I turn on stress tests or folding when my room is really cold in the morning. I have no heater in the house.

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sdla4ever

· #18 · Nov 27, 2009

grab a kill-a-what meter. it will tell you how many KWH it uses and you can accurately figure out how much it costed. Mine cost close to 45$ a month to run the i7 and 275 24/7

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markt

· #19 · Nov 28, 2009

My power bill is $350-370 in the winter and $475-575 summer. Folding costs me roughly $150 per montyh but in the summer its more cost due to waste heat that you have cool off.

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MAD_J

· #20 · Nov 28, 2009

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Originally Posted by markt

My power bill is $350-370 in the winter and $475-575 summer. Folding costs me roughly $150 per montyh but in the summer its more cost due to waste heat that you have cool off.

Yeah I know what you mean, folding in the summer is like running on a treadmill while eating a burger.

You heat the house up then crank the AC to cool it back down....

But its worth it lol.

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